in 1988, where he was a member of Thespian troupe 2617 and attended NYU Film school, where he met his future colleagues and co-founded the cult sketch group, "The State."

After "The State's" hiatus in 1996, Lo Truglio hunkered down in Hell's Kitchen and immersed himself in commercial, video-game and TV episodic work. He found a local watering hole, played poker, and trash-talked LA, where, ironically, he would move to 10 years later.